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Mango!

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Nothing says summer like the arrival of mangoes and watermelons to the markets. And of course, the sweet songs of the cuckoos in the mornings, the power cuts and the hot afternoons. And yes, the reminder that I've indeed grown up, and so I do not have summer vacations anymore. No more running around grandparents' houses with cousins without a care in the world. No more sitting by the todu and squeezing the mangoes out of the last drop of their pulp. No more competitions on whose mango seed flies the longest, and who will hide from the rest of the cousins the longest. No more of those very expensive put-a-hole-through-cousins-pocket gad-bad ice-creams. None of the pelakkai gattis , mango rasayanas , tandoorlis and kukku bajjis . No more summer exhibitions where you would meet all the people you've ever known , all in the span of just one evening. No more of just-cut-me-a-mango-Mom all three meals a day. No more sleeping on the terrace till the sun tans you to the darkes